The Graveyard Book

By Neil Gaiman

Illustrators Illustrations by Dave McKean Publisher HarperCollins Imprint Harper Collins ISBN

9780060530938

Awards and Honors 2009 Newbery Medal; 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Fiction and Poetry honor book; 2009 Teens’ Top Ten; 2009 ALA Best Books for Young Adults; 2009 Booklist Top 10 SF/Fantasy for Youth; 2008 Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth; 2008 Horn Book Fanfare, Best Fiction for Teens; 2008 VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

The Graveyard Book

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Nobody Owens, better known as Bod, is an ordinary boy, except he happens to live in a graveyard and has parents who are ghosts. While other living children go to school, Bod learns how to Fade, how to Haunt, and how to open ghoul-gates-skills that prove useful when Jack, the man who killed Bod's biological family, returns to town to finish what he started. Black-and-white illustrations. Winner of the 2009 Newbery Medal. A 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. Winner of the 2010 Carnegie Medal.

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AR Level 5.1 AR Points 10.0 AR Ready No Canadian Rights Yes Dewey F Title alpha The Graveyard Book Category Mystery Middle Plus Pages Count 192 Summary While his family is being murdered by the man Jack, an eighteen-month-old boy wanders out of the house and into the local graveyard. When the dead residents of the graveyard learn what has happened, they take the boy in and vow to protect him. As Bod grows up, he learns how to avoid notice, how to move through objects, and how to walk in others’ dreams. Although Bod loves his home, he knows that someday he must leave it and walk among the living. He also knows that somewhere in the world outside the graveyard the man Jack still seeks to kill him. Topics Murder. Babies. Graveyards. Ghosts. Adoption. Guardians. Names. Curiosity. Learning to read. Friends. Tombs. Barrows. Ghouls. Teachers. Abductions. Werewolves. Witches. Potter's fields. Headstones. Money. Treasures. Swindlers. Avoiding notice. Dancing. Death. Secret societies. Vengeance. School. Bullies. Doing the right thing. Arrest. Escape. Headstone rubbings. Riding with strangers. Good versus evil. Local history. Disguises. Chases. Traps. Losing friends. Leaving home. SRC Level 5.400000 SRC Points 17.000000 Lexile 820L Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" JLG Span Fall Language English Publication date 2008-09-30 JLG Release Date Jan 2009 Minimum grade 5 Maximum grade 8 Reading level Middle Format Print

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